Puzzle.



No.'876,779. I PATENTED JAN. 14, 1908. p

B. J. DBV'ER & B; J. DELZEBT.

PUZZLE.

APPLICATION-FILED JUNE 14, 1907.

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PUZZLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14, 1908.

- Application filed June 14. 1907- Serial No. 379017- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BERNARD J. DEVER and 'BERTRAM J. DELZEIT, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Puzzles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved puzzle which we have named Teddy and .the bears, comprising a base having a central goal representing a pit, a passage around the same communicating therewith at opposite points and a non-communicating labyrinthine passage on opposite sides of the first mentioned passage and communicating therewith at opposite points out of line with the communicating points between such first mentioned passage and the goal, and pieces representing Teddy and the bears to traverse such passages and to be directed to such goal. or pit, as hereinafter described and claimed. 4

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a top plan view of a puzzle constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

The base 1 may be made of tin, wood, cardboard or any other suitable material and is here shown as circular in shape. At the center of the base is a goal or pit 2, which is circular in form, and around such goal or pit is a passage 3 which is here shown as circular in form and which communicates with such goal or pit at points 4 on opposite sides thereof. On the said base are also a pair of noncommunicating labyrinthine passages 5, 6, here shown as divided from each other by alining walls 7 which are disposed radially on the base, and each of said labyrinthine passages comprises a plurality of segment-shaped concentrically disposed passages 8 which communicate with each other at opposite ends, as

at 9. The said pair of labyrinthine passages communicate with the passage 3 around the pit or goal at points 10, which points are out of line with the points 4 which establish communication between such passage 3 and the goal or pit. A glass cover 11 is here shown on the base, resting on the partition walls which form the various passages and serving to cover such passages. In connection with the base or casing thus constructed we provide pieces to move in such passages. One of these pieces 12, which differs in color or otherwise in appearance from the pieces 13 we call Teddy. The pieces 13 we call the bears. Such pieces are spherical so as to be readily caused to traverse the passages by properly inclining the base or casing.

The object of'the puzzle is to so manipulate the same as to cause the Teddy piece to start from one labyrinthine passage and the bear pieces to start from the other and to meet in the pit or goal.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new, is:

A puzzle comprising a base having a central goal, a passage around the same communicating therewith at opposite points, and non-communicating labyrinthine passages on opposite sides of the first mentioned passage and communicating therewith at opposite points, out of line with the communicating points between such first mentioned passages and the goal, and pieces to traverse such passages and to be directed to .such goal.

In testimony whereof, we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

BERNARD J. DEVER. BERTRAM J. DELZEIT'. Witnesses:

JOHN J. CARR, LoUIs A. McOABE. 

